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“On November
18, 1918, prior to ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, the U.S. Congress
passed the temporary Wartime Prohibition Act, which banned the sale of
alcoholic beverages having an alcohol content of greater than 2.75%.[6] (This
act, which had been intended to save grain for the war effort, was passed after
the armistice ending World War I was signed on November 11, 1918.) The Wartime
Prohibition Act took effect June 30, 1919, with July 1, 1919, becoming known as
the "Thirsty-First".[7][8]
On October
28, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, the popular name for the National
Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. The act established the
legal definition of intoxicating liquors as well as penalties for producing
them.[9] Although the Volstead Act prohibited the sale of alcohol, the federal
government lacked resources to enforce it. By 1925, in New York City alone,
there were anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 speakeasy clubs.[10]”
“Prohibition
in the United States – Wikipedia”
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